What should my 4 yr old daughter know before she starts pre-k in august??

Question

this is what she knows tell me if this is enough!! she can count to 20 she can say abcs know this in order only though and if you ask her what something starts with she know that 2 !! Also know about 8 colors!!! She is going to pre-k because of a speech problem and behavior problems soo if you have any more info let me know!!

Answer 1

***My daughter is going to 4 yr old Pre-K too. She know all her colors and shapes. She can write her first name and can count to 20. She knows her ABC's and can recognize about a third of them. But she learned this all last year in her 3 yr. old class. Don't worry about it. My daughter knew barely anything and she learned this all in one year.***

Answer 2

Pre k is great because they are not expected to know much, it's a whole new learning experience from learning how to spell her name, hold scissors and realizing that she cannot always be first. Make sure she is using the potty and wiping properly. Help her to recognize her name would be a good idea so she could find her name tag. Pre- k is just an introduction with what school will be like and is good for kids to go to be able to socialize, play, make new friends and learn how to listen to a teacher. I wouldn't worry to much about what she knows prior. Her teacher should communicate with you throughout the year as to where she excels and where her weaknesses are. You will be able to work on things together better preparing her for kindergarden.

Answer 3

How to share, and play with others and pick up own things. How to sit still raise her hand and listen.

In pre-k they should teach her.

How to right 1st and last name
address
phone number

They should be able to identify body parts and draw a picture of body parts including

Hair
eyes
nose
mouth
ears
eyebrows
fingers
arms
legs
and torso
able to read
some site words like
cat
dog
the
and

Answer 4

I would say she should know her ABC's by sight. She should know the sounds that some of them make. She should be able to count to ten and recognize her numbers. She should know how to write her name. Nothing TOO major...that's what Pre-K is for!

Answer 5

What ever you want her to know. If you teach her too much at home, she will be bored in school. Start on the basics of counting and the alphabet, and of course colors and shapes. You can always call the school and ask what she needs to know specificially.

Answer 6

okay, im not a mother yet since im only 16. but i have alot of lil cousins, niece and nephews and some of them love skool and some dislike school very much. once of my neice which is also 4 and is also going to pre-k hates school. she would cry whnever someone says they word "school" and she went to school for one day and came home frighten. ok, so i think u should first bring her to school with you and show her wat the other lil kids do in school (kids who are in pre-k). and tell ur elder child(ren) to tell her how fun it is n school and what they do in school and how they love it. tell her that at school, there will be children her age and that they would like to be friends with her. tell her that she will be going on field trips, and play with toys and meet new people that are very friendly. dont tell her its "school". tell her that it's a place where she can play and have fun and that she will like very much when she starts. if she still disagrees and cries, my thought is that ur child is freighten by the thought of school. do not force her to go to school for she would be very frighten like my lil niece did. she would not agree to go to school at all again. if you dont work, or ur wife doesnt work, then uc an stay home and teach her simple things like manners, the alphabet and things they teach in pre-school while ur child is still home. when she is ready for school, take her to school and show her around. thats just an idea. i know im just 16 and u might think its non-sence. but i got my aunts to try it on my lil neices and nephews and it worked. i am currently tutoring a lil boy that is 5 who is frighten to the thought of everything and anything. i helped him over-come alot of them and now he is much more friendly and out-going. (before he would not go anywhere without clinging on him parents like crazy and cries as soon as anyone touches him)

Answer 7

She should be able to:
-put on and take off her own shoes
-put on, take off, zip/snap/button her own jackets and pants
-be fully potty-trained (daytime at least) and able to wipe her own bum after a #2
-you should also have her vision and hearing checked
-be able to manage her snack ie. don't send her with items that she'll need help opening

As far as educational skills:
-know colours, shapes, recognize numbers upto 20
-be able to recognise her own name (in written format)
-teach her to spell her name aloud (she probably can't write it yet)
-she should know her last name, your name, her phone number

where I live, in Ontario Canada, 4 year olds go to Junior Kindergarten and it's in a regular school, they are treated the same as the Senior Kindergartens

Answer 8

Pre-K is supposed to teach her all of that which she already knows, so she is ahead of the game. The most important thing is to have her potty-trained

Answer 9

Alphabet, counting to 10, recognize her own name.

Answer 10

nothing really pre-k would teach her what she needs to know, i know its tough for a monther but just relax it will be fine just keep talking to her you know to tell her what she learned in school and talk about it with her... good luck